Theodora at Glyndebourne

Musical Opinion | September 1, 2003| | Copyright

Theodora at Glyndebourne

Peter Sellers' 1996 production of Theodora returned to Glyndebourne on 10 August, the hottest recorded day in British history. The temperature inside was just as hot as the story unfolded of the early Christian martyr Theodora as she lives and dies by her illegal creed.

In this production the setting is changed to modern America with Ciesar becoming a comic drunken President, Jeremy Best looking uncannily like Chirac, who gives us press conferences and is followed by TV cameras and sound booms. The ultimate martyrdom is carried out by lethal injection. The soldiers ...

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